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Founding of Jamestown
First British colony -
House of Burgesses
The first democratically-elected legislative body in the British American colonies. -
Mayflower Compact
The first written framework of government established in what is now the United States. -
Founding of Plymouth
Settlers Landed from the Mayflower -
Albany Plan of Union
Proposal to become a unified nation -
Period: to
French & Indian War
First conflict in the colonies against Europe -
Sugar Act
First attempt to tax citezens in colonies -
Sons of Liberty
Rebels against the stamp act -
Stamp Act Congress
Meeting of British colonist representitives in New York -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers killed 5 colonists -
Boston Tea Party
Protests against taxation -
First Continental Congress
First meeting of delegates from the 13 colonies to discuss the boston tea party. -
Second Continental Congress
Second meetin of the continental congress -
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
Pamphlet to encourage the colonies to declare independence -
Declaration of Independence
Declared independence from England -
Articles of Confederation
First Written constitution of United States -
Constitutional Convention
Meeting to discuss the Articles of Confederation -
Delaware Ratifies Constitution
Delaware approves the constitution -
Federalist Papers
85 articles written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay -
New Hampshire Ratifies Constitution
New Hampshire approves the constitution -
Rhode Island Ratifies Constitution
Rhode Island approves the constitution -
Bill of Rights Ratified
The Bill of Rights is adopted
